Telecommuters Are More Honest Than Their Office-Dwelling Counterparts

Employees who work from home are more honest than their office-going colleagues, according to a recent study by researchers at the Ethisphere Institute and Jones Lang LaSalle (via MarketWatch).

They surveyed more than 200 companies and found that 36% reported visible ethics violations by daily office-goers, and 43% reported non-visible violations (such as expense account fraud and bribery). Only 11% reported violations from telecommuters.

So why are telecommuters more ethical? Are they actually morally superior? Unlikely.